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'''Zhijun''' (Daxian: ''知君省''), officially the '''Zhijun Special Federal District''', is a territory of the [[Republic of Daxia]] in [[Australis]] consisting of two islands off the northern coast of the [[Peratra]] region. The main island is named Zhijun while the smaller of the two is named Tang. Colonized in the 1590's by the [[Daxia]]n Qian dynasty, the islands were extensively populated by transplanted colonists brought over from mainland [[Daxia]]. It grew in importance as a base of operations for the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] and a trading outpost with the native tribes of [[Peratra]], and later would be used as a staging point for a conquest of the subcontinent and as the foremost base of [[Daxia]]n power projection in the western [[Ocean of Cathay]] and the [[Polynesian Sea]] especially during the [[Daxian Polynesian Wars]]. Zhijun was a key stopping point of the first leg of the trip for the flow of slaves of the [[Southern slave trade]]. | '''Zhijun''' (Daxian: ''知君省''), officially the '''Zhijun Special Federal District''', is a territory of the [[Republic of Daxia]] in [[Australis]] consisting of two islands off the northern coast of the [[Peratra]] region. The main island is named Zhijun while the smaller of the two is named Tang. Colonized in the 1590's by the [[Daxia]]n Qian dynasty, the islands were extensively populated by transplanted colonists brought over from mainland [[Daxia]]. It grew in importance as a base of operations for the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] and a trading outpost with the native tribes of [[Peratra]], and later would be used as a staging point for a conquest of the subcontinent and as the foremost base of [[Daxia]]n power projection in the western [[Ocean of Cathay]] and the [[Polynesian Sea]] especially during the [[Daxian Polynesian Wars]]. Zhijun was a key stopping point of the first leg of the trip for the flow of slaves of the [[Southern slave trade]]. In the aftermath of the [[Second Great War]] Zhijun experienced brief periods of political autonomy from the mainland, first under the governorship of Qian dynasty loyalist [[Tang Jun]] and later under the [[Green Army]], a Hluttaw supremacist rebel group turned regional government. The custodianship of the [[Green Army]] soldier-bureaucrats over Zhijun came to a crashing end in 2011 after naval assets based in Zhijun were directed by mainland authorities to forcibly remove the group from power. [[Hun San]], the last District Chief to emanate from the [[Green Army]] was disappeared in 2016, a testament to the utter political powerlessness of the organization. | ||
In the modern day Zhijun remains an important center of sugar production and a regional tourist hub especially for gambling related activities for which there is an especially favorable fiscal regime in place. It is home to the [[Daxia]]n Navy's [[Australis]] Squadron which operates in the area in anti-piracy and anti-smuggling operations. | In the modern day Zhijun remains an important center of sugar production and a regional tourist hub especially for gambling related activities for which there is an especially favorable fiscal regime in place. It is home to the [[Daxia]]n Navy's [[Australis]] Squadron which operates in the area in anti-piracy and anti-smuggling operations. | ||
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===Modern period=== | ===Modern period=== | ||
[[File:Tang Jiyao 9.jpg|thumb|Tang Jun, Imperial Viceroy of Zhijun. Nicknamed the 'Tiger of [[Peratra]]' he remained a staunch loyalist of the Qian dynasty even after its fall in 1946 and resisted the new Republic until 1950.]] | [[File:Tang Jiyao 9.jpg|thumb|Tang Jun, Imperial Viceroy of Zhijun. Nicknamed the 'Tiger of [[Peratra]]' he remained a staunch loyalist of the Qian dynasty even after its fall in 1946 and resisted the new Republic until 1950.]] | ||
The Late Qian era saw renewed attention on the island by metropolitan authorities due to its perceived vulnerability to naval attack during the [[Second Great War]]. One of the junior commanders of [[Daxia]]n forces during the [[Stenzan War of Independence|Peratran War of Independence]], General [[Tang Jun]] was appointed as Imperial Viceroy in place of a bureaucrat to prepare the island for the possibility of attack. Tang Jun imposed a heavy handed military government which at first led to periodic outbreaks of civil disobedience and [[Green Army|armed rebellion]]. Eventually Jun's grip was tightened enough that finally order was restored across all of the island. Tang Jun successfully defended Zhijun during the course of the war and maintained it as a crucial naval base to prevent Allied encroachments. The end of the war and the collapse of the Qian dynasty with [[Hongli]]'s abdication in 1946 left Tang Jun at a crossroads: accept the new government led by the army putschists or declare Zhijun's autonomy or even independence. In the end his loyalty to the dynasty and his personal antipathy for [[Qiu Heng]] resulted in him publicly rejecting the new government as illegitimate, furthermore declaring that Zhijun was still under the authority of the Qian dynasty and would remain a separate entity until the imperial family was reinstated to power. Tang Jun was able to prevent a takeover of the island thanks in part of his good relations with the commanding officers of the [[Australis]] Naval squadron, which was one of [[Daxia]]'s strongest fleets. The mainland government declared Jun a traitor and criminal but were unable to mount an effort to oust him that had any real chance of success. In the meantime Jun maintained the fiction of Qian loyalty by continuing to don the robes of an imperial viceroy and printing money with [[Hongli]]'s picture, all the while he toyed seriously with the idea of declaring total independence. The crisis was only resolved in 1950 when [[Qiu Heng]] sent secret messages to the commanding officers of Tang's fleet, threatening their families in the mainland with arrest and worse unless they sailed the fleet back to [[Daxia]]. The threat worked and suddenly Tang Jun found himself bereft of his shield at sea. Faced now with the real possibility of invasion, | The Late Qian era saw renewed attention on the island by metropolitan authorities due to its perceived vulnerability to naval attack during the [[Second Great War]]. One of the junior commanders of [[Daxia]]n forces during the [[Stenzan War of Independence|Peratran War of Independence]], General [[Tang Jun]] was appointed as Imperial Viceroy in place of a bureaucrat to prepare the island for the possibility of attack. Tang Jun imposed a heavy handed military government which at first led to periodic outbreaks of civil disobedience and [[Green Army|armed rebellion]]. Eventually Jun's grip was tightened enough that finally order was restored across all of the island. Tang Jun successfully defended Zhijun during the course of the war and maintained it as a crucial naval base to prevent Allied encroachments. The end of the war and the collapse of the Qian dynasty with [[Hongli]]'s abdication in 1946 left Tang Jun at a crossroads: accept the new government led by the army putschists or declare Zhijun's autonomy or even independence. In the end his loyalty to the dynasty and his personal antipathy for [[Qiu Heng]] resulted in him publicly rejecting the new government as illegitimate, furthermore declaring that Zhijun was still under the authority of the Qian dynasty and would remain a separate entity until the imperial family was reinstated to power. Tang Jun was able to prevent a takeover of the island thanks in part of his good relations with the commanding officers of the [[Australis]] Naval squadron, which was one of [[Daxia]]'s strongest fleets. The mainland government declared Jun a traitor and criminal but were unable to mount an effort to oust him that had any real chance of success. In the meantime Jun maintained the fiction of Qian loyalty by continuing to don the robes of an imperial viceroy and printing money with [[Hongli]]'s picture, all the while he toyed seriously with the idea of declaring total independence. The crisis was only resolved in 1950 when [[Qiu Heng]] sent secret messages to the commanding officers of Tang's fleet, threatening their families in the mainland with arrest and worse unless they sailed the fleet back to [[Daxia]]. The threat worked and suddenly Tang Jun found himself bereft of his shield at sea. Faced now with the real possibility of a successful invasion, the Tiger of Peratra decided that discretion was the better part of valor. He filled a passenger plane with all the currency he could take from the regional treasury and flew to exile in [[Takatta Loa]]; afterwards he was lampooned in the press as the 'flying kitty'. | ||
The end of official Qian control and the transition to the new Republic did not signify any softening of oppressive policies. The Hluttaw demographic was squeezed out of public life and deemed suspiciously apathetic to the Republic and harboring of pro monarchy sentiments. Former Hluttaw members of Tang Jun's forces eventually gathered into an armed group called the [[Green Army]]. This group started the Hluttaw rebellion that lasted from 1957 to the late 1980's in what was the longest and most severe period of unrest on the island leading to increased militarization. The end of the Hluttaw Rebellion came about after a degrading and splintering of the [[Green Army]] allowed a negotiated settlement to take place and the co-optation and installation of [[Green Army]] bureaucrats as part of the island's administration and their institutionalization | The end of official Qian control and the transition to the new Republic did not signify any softening of oppressive policies. The Hluttaw demographic was squeezed out of public life and deemed suspiciously apathetic to the Republic and harboring of pro monarchy sentiments. Former Hluttaw members of Tang Jun's forces eventually gathered into an armed group called the [[Green Army]]. This group started the Hluttaw rebellion that lasted from 1957 to the late 1980's in what was the longest and most severe period of unrest on the island leading to increased militarization. The end of the Hluttaw Rebellion came about after a degrading and splintering of the [[Green Army]] allowed a negotiated settlement to take place and the co-optation and installation of [[Green Army]] bureaucrats as part of the island's administration and their institutionalization into the [[Daxia]]n government. The new peace brought increased attention and federal funds to develop the island, with the [[South Seas Development Company]] building sugar refineries and the government increasing infrastructure spending that resulted in port facilities, waterworks, power stations, paved roads, schools and entertainment facilities being built. The increased amenities coupled with fiscal and monetary incentive began attracting more people to move the islands. | ||
The [[Party of Daxian Democrats]] kept the political arrangement reached with the [[Green Army]] until 2010 when it began a process of 'political standardization' as a guise to remove the [[Green Army]] from power. The reasons for this decision were the [[Green Army]]'s rampant corrupt practices, its attempts to marginalize the [[Daxian people|Daxia]]n majority in favor of the Hluttaw and even placing legal obstacles for the [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] operating on the territory. [[Prib Dodd]] likened the strategy employed against the [[Green Army]] to removing ticks from a dog, ranking members of the [[Green Army]] were constantly being assassinated with car bombs. On early 2011 the [[Australis]] naval squadron based on Zhijun went out to sea on purported exercises before turning their weapons on the [[Yishi]] government quarter. Faced with such firepower, then District Chief [[Hun San]] followed the example of Tang Jun before him and capitulated, he acceded to the political standardization and stepped down. | The [[Party of Daxian Democrats]] kept the political arrangement reached with the [[Green Army]] until 2010 when it began a process of 'political standardization' as a guise to remove the [[Green Army]] from power. The reasons for this decision were the [[Green Army]]'s rampant corrupt practices (that meant [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] honchos missed out on this same corruption), its attempts to marginalize the [[Daxian people|Daxia]]n majority in favor of the Hluttaw and even placing legal obstacles for the [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] operating on the territory. [[Prib Dodd]] likened the strategy employed against the [[Green Army]] to removing ticks from a dog, ranking members of the [[Green Army]] were constantly being assassinated with car bombs or attacked and knifed by flash mobs. On early 2011 the [[Australis]] naval squadron based on Zhijun went out to sea on purported exercises before turning their weapons on the [[Yishi]] government quarter. Faced with such firepower, then District Chief [[Hun San]] followed the example of Tang Jun before him and capitulated, he acceded to the political standardization and stepped down, signifying the end of [[Green Army]] power on the island. | ||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||
[[File:Deng darroGov.jpg|thumb|[[Deng Darro]], current District Chief of Zhijun]] | [[File:Deng darroGov.jpg|thumb|[[Deng Darro]], current District Chief of Zhijun]] | ||
Zhijun is ruled officially by the Zhijun Regional Administration chaired by a District Chief as the executive. The District Chief is nominated by the Chancellor of the Republic of [[Daxia]] and ratified by the local legislature. The legislature is formed by a single chamber, which is the Zhijun Territorial Assembly which is | Zhijun is ruled officially by the Zhijun Regional Administration chaired by a District Chief who serves as the executive. The District Chief is nominated by the Chancellor of the Republic of [[Daxia]] and ratified by the local legislature. The current District Chief of the regional administration since 2028 is [[Deng Darro]]. The legislature is formed by a single chamber, which is the Zhijun Territorial Assembly which is formed by four hundred members, which are subject to popular vote every three years. The current iteration of the territorial assembly is dominated entirely by the [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]], the political parties close to the [[Green Army]] have been banned from political participation after they were charged with political extremism and sectarian leanings. Previously there existed an upper house that was called the Command Council and its fifty members were all active duty officers of the [[Green Army]]; the Command Council was abolished in 2011 during the political standardization process. | ||
As of 2034 all traces of the former dominance of Zhijun's political institutions by the [[Green Army]] have been effectively wiped clean, the organization has been liquidated as a political organization and most of the members who were either in the public administration or in the legislature, the so called 'soldier-bureaucrats', have been pensioned off. The local branch of the [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] is ascendant under [[Deng Darro]], who even enlarged the Zhijun Territorial Assembly to include an extra one hundred members in order to pack it with more of his loyalists. | |||
Not subject to the District Chief's authority are the naval forces of the [[Australis]] squadron stationed in Zhijun and the stationed [[Bureau of State Protection]] battalions. | Not subject to the District Chief's authority are the naval forces of the [[Australis]] squadron stationed in Zhijun and the stationed [[Bureau of State Protection]] battalions. | ||